prose
prose
noun
[mass noun]
proser
noun
语源
noun
[mass noun]
- written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure
散文，白话文
a short story in prose.
散文体短篇故事。
[as modifier]a prose passage.
一段散文。
■[count noun]a passage of this, especially for translation into a foreign language
（尤指待翻译的）一段散文
■(figurative)plain or dull writing, discourse, or expression
(喻)平淡乏味的文章（或话语，表达法）
closely typed in best office prose.
以最典型的平淡乏味的公文形式打印得很密。 - another term for sequence (in sense 4)
同 sequence（义项4）
- [no obj.]talk tediously
冗长乏味地说
prosing on about female beauty.
絮絮叨叨地说些漂亮女人之类的话。 - [with obj.](dated)compose or convert into in prose
(旧)把…写成散文；把…改写成散文
proser
noun
语源
- Middle English: via Old French from Latin prosa (oratio) 'straightforward (discourse'), feminine of prosus, earlier prorsus 'direct'
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